With help from an amateur astronomer, NASA suddenly found itself with an extra satellite in orbit, and the data is now being recovered. Lucky breaks are few and far between in the space business, but ...
A NASA satellite once thought doomed in orbit has been discovered alive and well, thanks to an amateur astronomer. Last week (26 January), NASA emitted a huge sigh of relief after finding out its ...
The Trump administration has asked NASA employees to draw up plans to end at least two major satellite missions, according to current and former NASA staffers. If the plans are carried out, one of the ...
NISAR is the first-of-its-kind joint Earth observation satellite by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). It is scheduled to ...
A Nasa satellite designed to precisely measure changes in Earth's ice sheets, glaciers, sea ice and vegetation has been launched into polar orbit. A Delta 2 rocket carrying ICESat-2 lifted off from ...
New images of Earth's surface were captured by the NISAR satellite, marking a milestone in a joint space mission between India and the United States. The images depict portions of Maine and North ...
When a massive 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, NASA and CNES’s SWOT satellite captured a rare and detailed picture of the tsunami that followed. Recorded just over an ...
Set to track sea levels across more than 90% of Earth’s ocean, the mission must first get into orbit. Here’s what to expect.
A dishwasher-sized NASA satellite was launched into space from Florida to identify where water - a precious resource for lunar missions - resides on the moon's surface in places such as the ...